Economics of science

The economics of science aims to understand the impact of science on the advance of technology, to explain the behavior of scientists, and to understand the efficiency or inefficiency of scientific institutions. The importance of the economics of science is substantially due to the importance of science as a driver of technology and technology as a driver of productivity and growth. Believing that science matters, economists have attempted to understand the behavior of scientists and the operation of scientific institutions.^[1]

References

↑ Arthur M. Diamond, Jr. (2008). "science, economics of," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pre-publication cached ccpy.

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Economics	Economics of science Economics of scientific knowledge

History	History and philosophy of science History of science and technology History of technology

Philosophy	Antipositivism Empiricism Fuzzy logic Philosophy of science Philosophy of social science Philosophy of technology Positivism Postpositivism Social constructivism Social epistemology

Sociology	Actor–network theory Social construction of technology shaping of technology Sociology of knowledge scientific Sociology of scientific ignorance Sociology of the history of science Strong programme

Science studies	Antiscience Bibliometrics Boundary-work Consilience Demarcation problem Double hermeneutic Mapping controversies Paradigm shift Pseudoscience Science citizen communication education normal post-normal rhetoric wars Scientific method consensus controversy Scientometrics Team science Traditional knowledge ecological Unity of science Women in science STEM

Technology studies	Coproduction Cyborg anthropology Digital anthropology Dematerialization Early adopter Innovation diffusion disruptive linear model system user Leapfrogging Normalization process theory Reverse salient Sociotechnical system Technical change Technoscience feminist Technological change convergence determinism revolution transitions Technology and society critique of dynamics theories of transfer Engineering studies Women in engineering

Policy	Digital divide Evidence-based policy Factor 10 Science policy history of science of Politicization of science Regulation of science Socio-scientific issues Technology assessment Technology policy Transition management

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